The team representing Malta in the UEFA Regions Cup lost 3-0 to Rijeka of Croatia in a match from Group 8 of the Intermediate Round at the Stadio Giuseppe Sivori in Sestri Levante, Italy on Tuesday.

The team, led by Shaun Bajada, is made up of Gozitan players.

Marino Matković put Rijeka ahead on the 9th minute and Domagoj Prizmić doubled the score on the 34th. Mate Ivetić sealed the issue with a third goal on the 76th.

The second game is against hosts Liguria on Friday and the last is against the Romanian Amateur Football Squad on Monday.

RIJEKA Roberto Nicoletti, Karlo Dundović (80′ Tuno Licul), Tin Lagumdžija, Domagoj Prizmić, Marino Matković (77′ Rajmond Buqaj), Mate Ivetić (77′ Marko Hodak), Martin Bogdanić (66′ Luka Hodak), Stefan Antanasković (66′ Mateo Klenovsek), Borna Znamenaček, Filip Šimić, Damjan Mendrila.

MALTA Owen Attard, Gianluca Muscat, Nicholas Inguanez, Ian Xuereb, Samuel Azzopardi, Joseph Buttigieg (46′ Stefan Cassar), Christian Mercieca (70′ Kevin Farrugia), Gabriel Farrugia, Daniel Pineros Mesa (51′ Joshua Buttigieg), Matthias Cordina (46′ Jordi Parnis), Gabriel Cardona (46′ Nathan Njoku).

Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith WAL
Assistant referees: Ashley Davis WAL, Marco Ceccon ITA
Fourth official: Simone Galipò ITA